NBC: Kings. The bad guy is gay.

The one issue someone watching the premiere with me had is how the "bad guy" is a gay character: Not to spoil the plot but he's the son of the good king & he's an arrogant, hard drinking, overly fashion conscious boy lover. Hid dad is the good guy - the nice king who just wants peace for his war weary country but is forced to act by his manipulative false brother who gave him his throne. The king comes down on his son calling his gay habit an "abomination" and threatening him to control himself or never take the throne.

My friend said "this clearly shows NBC's stance on gay rights!" So NBC has one less person tuning in I guess....

Thoughts? Is it bad that NBC is basically casting a homophobe as a good guy while the only gay character is pretty nasty guy?

Not to spoil the plot but he's the son of the good king & he's an arrogant, hard drinking, overly fashion conscious boy lover.

Thoughts? Is it bad that NBC is basically casting a homophobe as a good guy while the only gay character is pretty nasty guy?

Ok and exactly how is their portrayal not accurate to how most gay guys are in real life? Sounds to me they hit it right on the head.

Don't forget that NBC also had a soap-opera called "Passions" on that depicted gay and lesbian couples as well, not to mention my local NBC station still shows Will & Grace religiously, so to say that this one show is a stance or display of NBC's view is kind of off.

I never watched the television series in question, but from the above descriptions, the father character seems more like an antihero, not a traditional "good-guy" protagonist. Examples of antiheroes in fiction include Dorian Grey, Gollum, Dr. Frankenstein, Jay Gatsby, Severus Snape, Catwoman, etc...characters who are questioned by the audience, not idolized.

As for the gay character being nasty - art & entertainment have manifested homosexuals in many forms, from a heroic headmaster of a famous wizardry school to a self-loathing Iraqi terrorist. We come in many forms, the bad and the good.

You know what, having not seen the show, having not followed any of the discussion, and just puking out the first opinion that comes to mind...

THANK HEAVEN. I'll take a badass gay evil villain any day over Charles Nelson Reilly and Jack from Will & Grace. 'Bout time the television-fed populace suckles on the teat of a message that shows that gay guys are not caricatures of the stereotypes that are so pervasive.

I'm finishing the movie right now. I know that we all hate god, etc. etc. etc, but it is neat to see the bible allusions.

These are the spoilers

Silas is the Greek name for Saul, David blew up the Goliath tank, Jonathan (Jack, short for Jon) is a total 'mo.

My prediction: David will marry Michelle (Michel in the Bible), totally fall in love with Jack. Silas and Jack will die. The bastard son will become king. He'll be assassinated and the assassin bring his head to David, and then David will have him executed.

Eventually, this will be 3 religions and everyone will kill each other and imagination will die.

It isnt about gay being bad... its about being forced into power and not being able to show it... King Silas says he Jack has to change what GOD MADE HIM... its showing that gays are3nt accepted even in modern power positions.